What 賖 means
It means buying or selling on credit, with payment due later.
The early dictionary 說文解字, compiled around 100 CE, defines 賖 as 貰買也, meaning buying on credit.
In classical writing, it can also describe something far away, a long stretch of time, or a delay. Nearby words show whether 賖 concerns a purchase, distance, or time.
Why does my keyboard suggest 賒?
賒 became the form later favored in writing.
Taiwan's Ministry of Education variant entry from 2024 traces 賖 to the earlier dictionary tradition and says later writing favored 賒. It also records older disagreement over which form counted as standard.
The written parts on the right differ: 賖 has 余, while 賒 has 佘. The Simplified Chinese counterpart of 賒 is 赊.
Historical or source-faithful; choosing 賖 is a deliberate spelling choice.
When exact spelling matters, keep 賖 distinct from 賒; their right-hand parts differ.
Who writes 賖
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsBuying on credit; the dictionary gloss is 貰買也.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 賖 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 賖
- Also called
- 賒 · 赊
- Search it as
- credit character 賖 · buy on credit · deferred payment character · shē 賖 · 賒 variant · 赊 traditional counterpart · classical Chinese far · 賖 IME
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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